We’re only 40 minutes into game and already the VIP lounge is hoppin’ with Showcase stars.

Mike and Phillip from Sharks and Sailors are diggin’ some free-drink action along with Jimmy and Bill from Born Liars.

Folksy rockers The Wild Moccasins just dropped by for some free eats and were off to their 5 p.m. performance at Notsuoh.

HPMA reporter David Cobb also cruised by fresh from the Hell City Kings. “They kicked ass,” he says. “And closed with a cover of ZZ Top’s ‘Tush.'” Look for Cobb’s full review in tomorrow’s HPMA online wrap up.

Chris Gray is the former Music Editor for the Houston Press.